“Is there something London can boast off that’s argueably better than anywhere else in the world?” Pertie was clearly taunting me. The word ‘boast’ was a dead...
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If, like me, you formed the impression last week that the BJP had triumphed in the recent state elections whilst the Congress was simply routed the following facts are ...
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I want to be as factual as I can. Opinion, passion or colourful language shouldn’t be unnecessary. The truth can speak for itself.

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As I grow older I often wish we were less respectful and more familiar in the way we greet each other. Instead, the terms of address we use can sometimes rankle and, oc...
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Has the Italian Court of Appeal’s judgement in the AgustaWestland matter created a serious problem for the Congress party or is that, largely, political exaggeration ...
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Have you ever wondered why we can’t easily understand the English? (I’m not talking of the Scots and the Irish, who lead you close to tears, or the Americans, who h...
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As the car-owning residents of Delhi struggle to comply with the return of Arvind Kejriwal’s odd-even scheme in the middle of a scorching April heatwave there’s one...
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It might sound odd but I feel like a line in a famous song from the 1920s: “I've danced with a man, who's danced with a girl, who's danced with the Prince of Wales”...
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Most of you already know that at difficult moments our institutions often fail to live up to the high expectations we have of them. So it’s no surprise this is true o...
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That ours, at times, is a quirky and eccentric country – or even odd and inexplicable – is something many accept in their hearts. The satirically jocular expression...
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